Okimono, snake, skeletons, toads, Japan, early 20th c.
Catalogue:
Vintage Arts:
Regional Art:
Asian:
Japanese:
Okimono:
Pre 1930 item# 1049484 (stock# 10640)
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Okimono of hippopotamus tooth in the shape of a skeleton that is climbing on top of a second skeleton, while holding a snake, that scare a toad that was sitting on the skeletons head, while two more toads are getting frantic on the ground. This very unusual group may parody the sansukumi (the three animals that frighten each other: snake, toad and snail). It may as well be a somewhat macabre reference to the dream of Fuji, two falcons and three eggplants, which predicts a long life and prosperity. The head of the standing skeleton revolves. Japan, late Meiji/Taisho period.
Height: 5 ½ inches.
Few breaks, mostly well restored. Very good condition.
Object cannot be shipped outside the USA.
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